Center point air rifle optics

Cheap scopes give cheap performance but might be OK for rim fire. Be care full as air gun scopes might be parallax free at only 10-20 meters and not be ideal for longer shots unless it had adjustable parallax. Phil.
 
One came on my Benjamin air rifle. That springer has way more recoil than a .22... For an ultra cheap scope I actually don't find it that bad. It is a 4-16x40 and has adjustable parallax and survived several tins of pellets over the years. For casual plinking I couldn't think of a reason why not...
 
Almost all of my shooting is under 50 yards,typically small game and tin lids.4x is plenty .Nikon used to make a fixed 4x Prostaff for about $110 which would have been ideal but they dropped it
 
The Fixed 4X Bushnell rimfire scopes have done well for me ,but curiously enough the Bushnell rimfire variable doesn't have an adjustable focus,which I need for my eyes.Seems to me the fixed power scopes have less to go wrong (good factor in a cheap scope)
For my purposes, the ideal rimfire scope would be a simple, fixed power,basic scope, no batteries or electronics or anything to go wrong.Bright clear optics .50 yard parallax covers 90% of my shooting

Why NIKON stopped making the Prostaff 4X rimfire I don't know...it had all the criteria I was looking for and was relatively inexpensive
 
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ratherbefishin said:
The Fixed 4X Bushnell rimfire scopes have done well for me ,but curiously enough the Bushnell rimfire variable doesn't have an adjustable focus,which I need for my eyes.Seems to me the fixed power scopes have less to go wrong (good factor in a cheap scope)
For my purposes, the ideal rimfire scope would be a simple, fixed power,basic scope, no batteries or electronics or anything to go wrong.Bright clear optics .50 yard parallax covers 90% of my shooting

Why NIKON stopped making the Prostaff 4X rimfire I don't know...it had all the criteria I was looking for and was relatively inexpensive
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Totally agree. I have multiple 3-9,2.5-10 and 4-12 scopes and my favorite one is an old Burris fixed 2.75x20. I just wish it a little higher power like 4X.
 
I used one on my 22 semi Plinkster it did the job until I wanted to use it for squirrels. Thats totally different because I was shooting at all distances up down etc and needed a little more accuracy
 
Mostly my hunting consists of knocking the heads off grouse at ranges around 25 yards or less, but accuracy is crucial.Body shots kill the grouse alright but ruin the breast meat .A fixed 4X is just fine for the job.Never hunted squirrels but the number of grays around here tempt me.They were introduced and wreck havoc on the indigenous red squirrels.Never tried eating squirrels ,but I hear they're good .
 
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Even though some people prefer fixed power rim fire scopes, we sell far more variable power scopes for this application and the reality for manufactures (and retailers) is you build for the masses even at the different price points. We have been sitting on some fixed power scopes that are gathering a lot of dust while the variables are turning over far more frequently. Phil.
 
Maybe my experiance is diferent but my variable power scopes generally remain on one setting,focussed for my eyes and rarely adjusted after that.I might be wrong but I tend to think that the fewer moving parts and the less they are changed the better ,especialy in the cheaper optics.
 
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